Sang Kancil and the Crocodiles — Southeast Asia (Well-Known) | Bedtime World Tour
Tonight we travel to the green jungles of Malaysia to meet Sang Kancil, the tiny mouse-deer andthe cleverest creature in the forest. Hungry for the ripe fruit on the far side of a wide riverfull of crocodiles, and unable to swim, he convinces the crocodiles to line up nose-to-tail tobe "counted for the King's feast" — and hops across their backs to his supper. A delightful trickster tale about wits winning over size.
Malay tradition, Malaysia and Indonesia (Southeast Asia). The Sang Kancil ("mouse-deer") stories are among the most beloved folktales of the Malay world; "Sang Kancil counts the…
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